PRP (Platelet-Rich Plasma) injections
substance that's thought to promote healing when injected
Procedure description
Platelet-rich plasma(PRP) is a substance that's thought to promote healing when injected. Plasma is a component of your blood that contains unique "factors," or proteins, that help your blood to clot. It also contains proteins that support cell growth. Researchers have produced PRP by isolating plasma from blood and concentrating it.
The idea is that injecting PRP into damaged tissues will stimulate your body to grow new, healthy cells and promote healing. Because the tissue growth factors are more concentrated in the prepared growth injections, researchers think the body's tissues may heal faster. The treatment hasn't been definitively proven. It also hasn't been approved as a treatment by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. However, famous athletes like Tiger Woods and tennis star Rafael Nadal have been known to use these injections to help heal injuries.
Researchers are trying out PRP injections across many applications such as tendon injuries, acute sports injuries, postsurgical repair, osteoarthrosis, etc.
Tendons are usually slow to heal after an injury. Doctors have used PRP injections to treat chronic tendon problems, such as tennis elbow, Achilles tendonitis at the ankle, and jumper's knee, or pain in the patellar tendon in the knee.
Doctors have used PRP injections to treat acute sports injuries, such as pulled hamstring muscles or knee sprains. Sometimes doctors use PRP injections after surgery to repair a torn tendon (such as a rotator cuff tendon in the shoulder) or ligaments (such as the anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL).
Doctors have injected PRP into the knees of people with osteoarthritis. A 2015 study found that PRP injections were more effective than hyaluronic acid injections (a traditional therapy) for treating osteoarthritis. However, the trial was a small group of 160 people, so larger trials are needed for this to be conclusive.
It's important to note that none of these uses have been definitively proven to provide results.
When PRP is injected following injury, your doctor may recommend that you rest the affected area. However, these recommendations are more related to the injury and less to the PRP injections. Most people can continue their daily activities following PRP injections.
Because PRP injections are intended to promote healing or growth, you may not notice an immediate difference after receiving the injections. However, in several weeks or months, you may observe that the area is healing faster or growing more hair than you would have expected if you hadn't received PRP injections. PRP injections are usually applied in sets of 2-3 applications within a couple of weeks and are combined with physiotherapy or specialized medical spa.
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